Christina crawford biography daughters

memoir and expose by Christina Crawford

For other uses, see Mommie Dearest (disambiguation).

Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford.

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Officially released by William Morrow and Company on November 10, (though thousands of copies had already been placed in bookstores in October),^[1] the book attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and alcoholic mother, with Crawford's other twin daughters, household staff, and family friends denouncing it as sensationalized fiction.

It was turned into a film of the same title starring Faye Dunaway.

Synopsis

In the book, Christina alleges that Joan Crawford placed far more importance on her cinematic career than her family life, and that Joan later was an alcoholic in the s. She also claims that Joan had sexual affairs with various men, whom Christina was required to call Marcus Welby, M.D.

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